outline
outline is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech. But that larger grief . . . Is given in outline and no more. Tennyson. See Sketch.
- 2.To draw the outline of.
- 3.Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- account
- address
- aid
- almanac
- ambit
- army
- atlas
- baldric
- band
- bead
- belt
- bill
- book
- cadaster
- cadastral
- cadastre
- card
- carte
- cartulary
- catalog
- catalogue
- census
- chart
- check
- checker
- cingle
- circlet
- circuit
- circumference
- civil
- clasp
- clergy
- coast
- collate
- concordance
- contents
- contour
- cordon
- dictionary
- diptych
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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